Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server Support Matrix

The Microsoft Support Lifecycle (MSL) policy provides transparent, predictable information regarding the support lifecycle of Microsoft products. JDBC driver versions 3.0 and 4.x have five year Mainstream support from the driver release date. Mainstream support is defined on the Microsoft support lifecycle website.

Extended and custom support options are not available for the Microsoft JDBC Driver.

The following Microsoft JDBC Drivers are supported, until the indicated End of Support date.

The Microsoft JDBC driver is designed to work on any operating system that supports the use of a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Some commonly used platforms include Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Linux, Unix, AIX, MacOS, and others.

The JDBC product team tests our driver on Windows, Sun Solaris, SUSE Linux, and RedHat Linux. Customer Support is available to customers on all platforms, however we may ask you to reproduce the issue on a platform such as Windows.

The Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server is tested with various application servers. Consult your application server vendor for additional details on which driver version is compatible with their product.